Michele, The point is that if you are producing a report you can make all those unattached individuals invisible ie. they will not print.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ *New* Insert Pictures Into your Web Pages - Blogs http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] A different twist on invisible and privacy > Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:57:07 -0400 > > I agree with that, Andy! I do not record SSN numbers in my file unless the > person is dead and I have used the SSDI or a SS-5. > > Another invisible question... Does anyone use the invisible feature to add > persons to your file that you are not 100% sure if they connected? Right > now what I do is just add them as an unrelated individual and if I find the > evidence then I link them > > michele > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wynthner" > To: > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 12:02 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] A different twist on invisible and privacy > > > Too many people fail to understand the difference between "personal" > information and "private" information. > > Names, dates of birth, etc are personal information but they are *not* > private. > > Bank account numbers, Soc.Sec. Numbers, credit card numbers, etc are > "private" information. > > > *ANY* personal information in public records can be used for any > genealogical purpose. > > My question has always been why someone would include *Private* info in > their genealogy. > > Andy Hatchett > > --- On Mon, 10/27/08, Michele Lewis wrote: > >> From: Michele Lewis >> Subject: [LegacyUG] A different twist on invisible and privacy >> To: "Legacy E-Mail List" >> Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 1:05 PM >> How much privacy can a living person really expect? I think >> we use privacy >> and invisible as a courtesy but not as a requirement. >> Ancestry now have >> Texas BIRTH records online. They cover 1903 to 1997! >> Anyone can get on >> there and find out the parentage of LIVING persons, even >> children. I was a >> little surprised by that but if it is okay to have birth >> info available like >> that why is there such a push to keep things private? It >> is a funny thing, >> you can't get a death certificate from LA unless the >> person has been dead >> for 50 years but you can get birth information for TX. >> >> I don't post my info online so I have never used the >> privacy or invisible >> feature. If a legimate researcher requests a piece of my >> file I copy just >> that line but I have never deleted people out of it. If >> the info is freely >> available anyway, what is the point? >> >> michele _________________________________________________________________ Win an Xbox 360 or £200 Top Shop Vouchers http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/115454062/direct/01/ ** $10 OFF when you spend $50 or more in our store. Use coupon code: Legacy2008 at checkout. Offer expires 10/31/08 ** Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
